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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Innovation Rolestorming |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 10-20 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-12 | 4-100+ | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Rollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | BrainstormingIdeationCreativity | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |